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One commercial had them sing the 'hearts, stars, and horseshoes.' theme song as a half-hearted rap. Speaking of cereal commercials trying to emulate animated productions of the 2010s, Lucky Charms redesigned their ads in 2016 to resemble the squishy colorful style of shows like Adventure Time and Uncle Grandpa, where Lucky appears more childlike (without his Gaelic accent) and has parties with the anthropomorphized charms.The commercials feature, among other things, an extremely sporadic and out-of-place Wreck-It Ralph reference, and artstyles, sets and language that are clearly trying to emulate Regular Show and Adventure Time, but in the end, resemble Breadwinners more than anything. Finn the Human), and.Honey the Honey Drop, who hasn't been in a commercial since The '80s.

The Satur-Yay-Aaah!! (no, that's not a typo) commercials from General Mills, featuring the Trix Rabbit, Chip the Wolf, Sonny the Cocoa Puffs Bird, a talking orange voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, a kid voiced by Jeremy Shada (a.k.f.The Progressive advertisements in which Flo turns herself into an Image Macro smack of some middle-aged marketing executive trying to 'get down with' the hip Internet-using early-20s demographic.And they're not limited to a single second of animation, either. Inhabitants of the Internet are quick to point out that real gifs don't have any sound as they're simply 256-color image files with animation support. Kmart's 'giffing out' commercials during the 2013 holiday season.Despite its sturdy build, the Cutlass failed to sell in the numbers needed to break even and the botched campaign is often blamed for hastening Oldsmobile's decline until it liquidated in 2004. This campaign backfired spectacularly, failing to entice younger buyers while also alienating Oldsmobile's loyal customer base by undermining its own history of innovation and reliability. One advert even had Melanie Shatner behind of the wheel of the Cutlass with her father and Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner in the passenger seat. During its late-80s slump, Oldsmobile ran a decidedly unsubtle 'Not Your Father's Oldsmobile' campaign with its 1988 Cutlass Supreme, attempting to market the popular Cutlass line to 'the New Generation of Olds' in the hopes of expanding its customer base.Other commercials include Buzz talking to Grumpy Cat and asking Usher for tips on being hip. Between 20, Honey Nut Cheerios has an ad out where they do a Cheerio-themed parody/cover of a song that came out twelve years ago ('Ride Wit' Me' by Nelly), with random dubstep breakdown.In fairness, though, the previous Tony Hawk-wannabe look he'd been sporting for around 15 years wasn't any less pandering. Cheese himself had gotten The Other Darrin treatment, his voice actor now being the lead singer of Bowling for Soup. Cheese, giving him a design like something out of Alvin and the Chipmunks and making him play the electric guitar as he sings Bowling for Soup songs note Chuck E.

The PSA starts out with him doing a Piss Take Rap, but he calls it off midway through because this sort of pandering to the younger demographic just isn't his style.

Parodied and deconstructed in a 1993 Smokey the Bear Public Service Announcement.

Daniel Faraday would like to remind you that Subaru cars are 'like punk rock.' Do not question his logic!.

The result, especially if the writer is not part of said subculture and doesn't do the research, is often laughably embarrassing instead of the bold new direction for which the producers were hoping.

Another popular tactic is to make the character suddenly become a member of a newly-emerged subculture, fandom or similar group. A number of times a character has been made Darker and Edgier easily fit the bill. The writers might also decide to change a character radically or create an 'updated' Expy of an older character. Inserting or referencing memes is a common variant of this trope, especially if the meme is already way past its prime at that time the writer just decided to use it. Of-the-moment pop-culture references (that usually end up dated by the time the work of fiction makes its premiere) are certainly most common.

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The parent trope of both Totally Radical and Fad Super, this happens when a series that is gettin' old decides to make an attempt to stay current. Well, you'd better tread carefully or you might sound like you're just screaming, ' We're Still Relevant, Dammit!' Perhaps you'd also like to comment on current pop-culture and political events. And while your Long Runner hasn't really wavered in popularity, not significantly, you still want to connect with the youth of today. Suppose you've got yourself a Long Runner.

Damn it or dammit